Kato N Siemens ALC-42 Charger
Scale: N (1:160)
Price: Direct-current models, $150; with pre-installed Digital Command Control motor decoder, $250; with pre-installed DCC and sound decoder, $350
Era: 2021 to present
Manufacturer: Kato USA Inc., 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60173; 847-781-9500; katousa.com
Kato N Siemens ALC-42 Charger features:
- All-wheel electrical pickup
- Blackened wheels
- Body-mounted Kato magnetic knuckle couplers
- Directional, golden-white light-emitting-diode headlights
- Factory-printed number boards
- Five-pole motor
- Hybrid steel and plastic wheels
- Illuminated number boxes
- Prototype-specific details on wheel faces
- See-through grills on sides of engine cooling compartment work corridors
- Speaker housing in fuel tank
- Work corridor can be illuminated with interior lighting kit No. 11-211, sold separately
Release date: Available now
Road names: Amtrak (“Day One” scheme in one road number, phase 6 and 7 schemes in three numbers each).
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Looks great. Does it work in cold weather?